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In this episode, we explore two powerful moments of rejection in the New Testament: Jesus being turned away in His hometown of Nazareth and by the people of the Gadarenes. What do these rejections reveal about human nature, spiritual blindness, and the cost of truth? Then we shift to the Apostle Paul's unexpected call to Macedonia—a reminder that divine redirection often follows human rejection. Join us as we reflect on how God's purpose prevails, even when the world says “no.”

Here is a professionally written SoundCloud description of the sermon, trimmed to under 4,500 characters (total: 4,482), while maintaining the SEO-rich keywords and clear, compelling tone for discoverability: ⸻ In this sermon from Flourishing Grace Church, Lead Pastor Benjer McVeigh explores one of the most intense and revealing moments in the New Testament: Jesus' healing of a demon-possessed man in Luke 8:26–39. This unforgettable story—often known for its strange detail involving a herd of pigs—is far more than a shocking narrative. It is a profound demonstration of Jesus' authority over darkness and his power to bring people from spiritual death to life and purpose. Benjer teaches that surrendering your life to Jesus is not a one-time decision for moral improvement—it is a radical transformation. Drawing from both Luke 8 and Ephesians 2:1–10, the message calls listeners to recognize that apart from Christ, we are spiritually dead—trapped in sin, following the world's ways, and disconnected from our Creator. But God, rich in mercy and full of love, makes us alive in Christ and gives us a new identity and mission. This gospel message isn't based on merit or behavior; it's a gift of grace received through faith in Jesus. Through this sermon, we are challenged to see ourselves in the man from Luke 8—isolated, broken, and lost until Jesus steps into our story. The man is not only healed, but he's restored and given purpose. Jesus tells him to return home and declare all that God has done for him. This is the call for every follower of Jesus: to not just receive salvation, but to live with purpose, proclaiming God's mercy in our words and actions. Benjer shares testimonies from historical Christian figures like Augustine of Hippo, Fanny Crosby, C.S. Lewis, and Corrie ten Boom, showing how real people from all walks of life have experienced the same transformation—moving from death to life and then into mission. Whether through dramatic encounters or quiet surrender, the pattern is the same: grace saves, and grace sends. The sermon also confronts the misconception that only the spiritually elite or morally qualified can be used by God. Pastor Benjer explains that it's often those who feel the least worthy who are the most powerfully used by God—because it's not about our strength, but about Christ's finished work. Just like the healed man who had only been with Jesus for a few hours, anyone who has encountered God's grace is already equipped to tell others what God has done. As the message concludes, listeners are invited to reflect honestly on their spiritual condition. For those feeling stuck, broken, or far from God, the invitation is simple: say yes to Jesus. He stands ready to bring you from death to life. And for those who have already surrendered to Jesus, this is a call to rediscover your purpose—to declare boldly and joyfully how much God has done for you. If you've been searching for sermons about spiritual warfare, gospel transformation, freedom from sin, and finding your purpose in Christ, this teaching is for you. It speaks to seekers, skeptics, and believers alike. Whether you are new to faith, returning after years away, or simply need a reminder of the depth of God's grace, this message will meet you where you are. Let this teaching renew your heart, challenge your assumptions, and ignite a deeper passion for living in the freedom and calling that Christ has secured for you. Jesus brings us from death to life—and into purpose.

The good news of Christianity is that we can all have hope no matter how bad or sad life and the world may be. ‘Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness,' said Desmond Tutu, one of the leading opponents of Apartheid in South Africa.    Pastor Wes Richards' first book called ‘Hope and a Future: a story of love, loss and living again' tells how his family was restored after grieving the loss of a much-loved wife and mother. It's been translated into Spanish and Portuguese and the feedback received shows that hope is a universal need. Everybody needs hope, from the least to the greatest.    This week in the VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations, Winston Churchill's inspiring words of hope have once more been broadcast to millions. Yet as he grew older and again became Prime Minister, the great man was himself in need of great hope as he faced the post-war years of new domestic and global social, economic and political challenges. In 1954 he invited Billy Graham to Downing Street for a 20-minute meeting after hearing of the great crowds that had gathered to listen to the evangelist in Wembley and other stadiums. Although they overran their allotted time, Churchill told Graham to keep speaking, and the evangelist affirmed that God was the only hope for the world and for us individually.   You don't have to be a Billy Graham, however, to spread the good news as a remarkable Bible story in 2 Kings 6:24-7:6 shows us. In 2 Kings 7:9, four outcast lepers: ‘said to each other, “We're not doing right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves.”' This is a story that has many applications for us today:  1. People desperately need hope (2 Kings 6:28-30) 2. Today is a day of hope (2 Kings 7:1-9; Luke 2:10-11; John 6:35; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Psalm 103:3; 1 John 1:9; John 14:6; John 8:12,36; Luke 4:18-19; John 11:25) 3. We have a responsibility to share the good news of hope (2 Kings 7:9-16; 2 Corinthians 5:20 & 6:2) Apply  1. People desperately need hope. They were people who had been through extremely tough circumstances. This story is set in the 9th century before Christ and, not for the first time, Israel was a nation under attack. An entire city, Samaria, was under siege. Ben-Hadad king of Aram to the north of Israel wanted to starve them into submission. The siege lasted so long that ‘there was a great famine in the city.' The economy was shattered, and inflation rocketed, like it has done in many failed states. As food was so scarce they were people who had lost their way morally and spiritually. They were desperate and moral values were thrown out. Anything went and the people resorted to cannibalism (2 Kings 6:28), just like in World War 2, particularly during the long siege of Leningrad. All kinds of things happen when moral values collapse. They were people who saw no way out of their pain, where death and despair stalked the city and those in authority had no answer (2 Kings 6:30). The King tore his clothes, his close advisors were depressed and cynical, declaring not even God could help them. Today there is a great famine in many developed nations as well as literal famines in other nations. People are starved of Love: family break up is at record levels. So many suffer abuse, cruelty, pain and heartache in their homes. People are starved of Direction: they don't know where their lives are headed. They too lack a moral or spiritual compass. People are starved of Meaning: suicides are up, particularly amongst the young, because of a sense that life has no meaning or purpose. People are starved of Hope: they are worried and depressed about the future. Many people indeed lead lives of quiet desperation. However, there is hope!  2. Today is a day of hope. The answer to the hopeless situation did not come from a political ruler but from a prophet of God. Elisha was a man who knew the character of God and the reality of the power of God. And he had a word from God that there was about to come a big turnaround in the economy because there would very quickly be a big change in their circumstances (2 Kings 7:1). Sky high prices would drop because there would be more than enough supplies for everyone, the famine would end, and people would suddenly have real reason to hope. So these four desperate lepers wandered into enemy lines only to find the enemy forces had fled leaving food and provision everywhere (2 Kings 7:3-9). They couldn't believe it, but it was true. Their famine was over! Today also is ‘a day of good news.' And that good news is not coming from the politicians or the press but from those who understand what Christianity is all about. For good news is at the heart of Christianity. When Jesus came into the world it was a cause for celebration (Luke 2:10-11). The good news of Christianity is that when everything seems lost and hopeless we can be rescued. You don't have to just exist. You don't have to be so empty. You don't have to be trapped by your circumstances. You don't have to stay depressed. Your famine can end (John 6:35). Instead of emptiness and sadness, you can be filled with love, joy, peace when you have an encounter with the Holy Spirit who makes Jesus real to us. You can have a new start (2 Corinthians 5:17). God can make all things new by changing you from the inside out. You can be forgiven for your wrongdoing, even if you have some big regrets in your life (Psalm 103:3; 1 John 1:9). You can find meaning and direction (John 14:6; John 8:12). You can discover a whole new life of freedom (John 8:36). No habit, addiction, problem or sin needs to hold you captive. You can be free from fear and guilt and shame, freed to be all that God meant you to be. You can experience great favour (Luke 4:18-19). God wants to bless you with His goodness and mercy all the days of your life. You can be blessed in your emotions, your body, your spirit, your finances, your family and in every area of life. You can be confident of a secure future (John 11:25), with hope for this life and the next. So how are people going to get to know that they have hope and a future? That's up to you and me.  3. We have a responsibility to share the good news of hope. The four lepers in the story had their own needs met and were really enjoying themselves. But then they thought of all the starving people back in the city (2 Kings 7:9-16). They told them an amazing message of hope. At first people were skeptical, as many are today. But then they decided to investigate for themselves, and they found out it was all true. There was good news after all. The whole city was saved because a few people were bold enough to share the good news. In the New Testament Jesus commanded his disciples to spread the good news to everyone everywhere. Every Christian has a responsibility to communicate this message of hope (2 Corinthians 5:20). We need to do this personally, spreading the word to your friends, family and contacts. We need to do this urgently like the lepers who knew how desperate people were for hope, so they reported the news 'at once'. There is no time to lose in giving people hope (2 Corinthians 6:2). Today you can discover the good news of the hope that Jesus offers and then you need to become an ambassador of hope.  

Scripture ReferencedMatthew 7:12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Old TestamentGod with our first parents in the garden (Genesis 1-2)Sin as separation from God (Genesis 3)Pillar of Fire, Cloud – God with and leading his people (Exodus 13, 14)The ancient tabernacle – the presence of God among the people in the camp (Exodus 26)Moses' confidence in the Exodus was only if the presence of God went with the people (Exodus 33:12-16)Promise of presence – I will be their God, they shall be my people (Ezekiel 37:15-28)The Temple – where God's presence dwelled (2 Chronicles 5)New Testament Jesus was called Emmanuel – God with us (Matthew 1)The Word became Flesh – The Son of God dwelling/tabernacling with humanity as one of us (John 1:1-3, 14)Jesus the New Temple (Mark 11)The Church as a place of presence (Ephesians 2:11-22, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17)The Communion Table as a place of presence and fellowship (1 Corinthians 10:14-22, Revelation 3:20)He is with us in his mission (Matthew 28:18-20)He will never leave or forsake us (Hebrews 13:4, 5)The Kingdom of Heaven – The dwelling place of God in man (Revelation 21:3)

The message of redemption is central to the New Testament—Jesus came to fulfill God's plan of salvation, paying the price for humanity's sins. Pastor Daniel Stevens explores key events, from John the Baptist's call to repentance to Jesus' life, crucifixion, and resurrection. Through Christ, God's Kingdom is revealed, offering freedom, grace, and a path to redemption for all.Jesus didn't come to condemn but to seek and save the lost. His mission was to transform hearts, moving beyond rules to a faith rooted in love and understanding. As we remember His sacrifice through Holy Communion, we embrace the true meaning of redemption—our sins aren't just forgiven, but fully paid for. Let's walk in that freedom and share this powerful truth!#JesusSaves #RedemptionRoad #PowerOfGrace #FaithInAction #NewLifeInChrist #ForgivenAndFree #KingdomCome[ Video Version ] / [ Sermon Notes ]STAY CONNECTEDSermon Podcast: https://sermons.goodhope.agInstagram: http://instagram.com/goodhopemnFacebook: http://fb.com/goodhopemn 

The message of redemption is central to the New Testament—Jesus came to fulfill God's plan of salvation, paying the price for humanity's sins. Pastor Mike Stevens explores key events, from John the Baptist's call to repentance to Jesus' life, crucifixion, and resurrection. Through Christ, God's Kingdom is revealed, offering freedom, grace, and a path to redemption for all.Jesus didn't come to condemn but to seek and save the lost. His mission was to transform hearts, moving beyond rules to a faith rooted in love and understanding. As we remember His sacrifice through Holy Communion, we embrace the true meaning of redemption—our sins aren't just forgiven, but fully paid for. Let's walk in that freedom and share this powerful truth!#JesusSaves #RedemptionRoad #PowerOfGrace #FaithInAction #NewLifeInChrist #ForgivenAndFree #KingdomCome[ Video Version ] / [ Sermon Notes ]STAY CONNECTEDSermon Podcast: https://sermons.goodhope.agInstagram: http://instagram.com/goodhopemnFacebook: http://fb.com/goodhopemn 

Basic Bible Study | John 1:1-18 and Luke 1:5-80 (Part 2) This is part 0 of 6 In today's podcast, join Chris and Robyn as they continue their discussion in Matthew, Mark, Luke & John. Here is a breakdown of what was discussed: - a closer look at Matthew, Mark, Luke & John - 400 years passed between the Old & New Testament - Jesus' ministry lasted over 1,000 days “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABOUT Opening a Bible for the first time can be intimidating. Join Amy & Robyn in an easy-to-follow discussion. This Basic Bible Study is perfect for beginners & those who have never read the Bible. Look for new podcasts every Tuesday & Friday! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIBLE RESOURCES https://biblehub.com/ https://www.bible.com/ http://betterdaysarecoming.com/bible/pronunciation.html https://biblespeak.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/mybasicbiblestudy WEBSITE http://www.mybasicbiblestudy.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can contact us via e-mail or regular old snail-mail: Basic Bible Study 7797 N. 1st St. #34 Fresno, CA 93720 basicbiblestudy19@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Leviticus 19 can be summarised in one verse. Verse 19 of this chapter says, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”. This is sometimes called the golden rule – stated another way it could be said, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. In the New Testament Jesus highlighted this teaching in Matthew 22:36-40. Paul explains it in Romans 1:8-10; and James describes it as the royal law in James 2:8-13. Every command in Leviticus 19 is designed for the protection of the weak and the benefit of the entire nation. Everyone who lived by these principles would fulfil each of the Ten Commandments from the sixth to the tenth commandment. You would not bare false witness if you loved your neighbour; nor would you steal or kill. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the law – its crowning pinnacle.

Leviticus 19 can be summarised in one verse. Verse 19 of this chapter says, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”. This is sometimes called the golden rule – stated another way it could be said, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. In the New Testament Jesus highlighted this teaching in Matthew 22:36-40. Paul explains it in Romans 1:8-10; and James describes it as the royal law in James 2:8-13. Every command in Leviticus 19 is designed for the protection of the weak and the benefit of the entire nation. Everyone who lived by these principles would fulfil each of the Ten Commandments from the sixth to the tenth commandment. You would not bare false witness if you loved your neighbour; nor would you steal or kill. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the law – its crowning pinnacle. Verses 81-128 of Psalm 119 cover stanzas 11-16 and therefore also the letters from the Hebrew alphabet of 11-16. The Psalmist, as we have said, was prophetically revealing to us the mind and motivations of the Messiah – our Lord Jesus Christ. What should be apparent to us is his positive attitude. His thoughts were always directed towards pleasing his Father. We must learn to live life from the standpoint of counting every blessing day by day. Whenever we feel negative thoughts pressing upon us, then stop and affirm to ourselves that God loves and cares for us. His Son told us, “Fear not little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom”. Let us take a few verses for our encouragement and being built up in our most holy faith – verses 89-94; verse 90; verses 97-100; verses 103-105 and verses 125-128. Slowly read these aloud and think deeply on their significance to you. In Luke 2 we have the record of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. The whole world was turned upside down by the decree of Caesar Augustus that there must be a census. This required vast movements of people to their ancestral homes. Joseph and his heavily pregnant wife, Mary, are caused to go to Bethlehem. When there was no room in the inn (Chimham's lodging house from the time of king David) they found lodging among the cattle. In such humble circumstances the king of the world is born. A multitude of angels appear to the Bethlehem shepherds, who were watching over the lambs which were to be sacrificed at the next Passover. The message of the angels was that when God is glorified in the earth then there would be peace among men of good will. We then find the record of Jesus being taken to the temple for the required offerings. Mary's offerings were for those of the poorest. We are told of the faithful Anna and Simeon who were in expectation of Messiah's redemption of the nation. Jesus is taken by Joseph and Mary to Egypt in order to escape Herod the Great's slaughter of the babes of Bethlehem (this is recorded in Matthew 2). Luke takes up the story after Herod's death, when they were returned from Egypt and their moving to Nazareth in Galilee. Here Jesus remains until the age of twelve when he went with his parents to the temple in Jerusalem. Jesus became “lost” when the family was returning to Galilee. When the family came to Jerusalem seeking for Jesus they found him in the temple discussing the Law with the doctors of the Law. What child was this? The record tells us that as well as hearing these learned men Jesus was also asking questions of them. Our Lord gave the rejoinder to Joseph, his step father and Mary – where else did you think I would be? It is my Father's business that motivates me. Mary kept these matters in her heart and often pondered them. On returning to Nazareth he took the appropriate role of an obedient child. Jesus' wisdom increased rapidly, as did the pleasure of His Father in His wonderful Son. People found him amiable and agreeable in every capacity.

Christine Darg: In at least 7 events in the New Testament Jesus instructed silence about his miracles or identity. Why? We explore this and other topics concerning End-time prophecies.

The New Testament standard is the highest possible standard. In the Old Testament we were given the minimum requirement and failed. In the New Testament Jesus gives us the highest requirement, the ultimate goal for our transformation into children of God. We would still fail,  if not for his help,  for the power of God is offered to us to transforms us into His likeness. 

In the Old Testament we read how often there were bad kings on the throne in Jerusalem that corrupted the people, or were corrupt because of the people, kings like Manasseh, yet God – from our human perspective – kept delaying in acting to destroy the Holy City and its Temple. Then in the New Testament Jesus wept over Jerusalem and forecast its destruction and that of the Temple.  Yet 40 years elapsed after they crucified their Messiah before God's judgements were carried out, in that time there was a great ingathering of individuals, who like, Paul, came to believe  and serve Jesus with all their heart. Now, the message in Revelation indicates a humanly indeterminate length of time as God's keeps watch over the affairs of human beings while our Lord our mediator, as “the Lamb of God (is) seated in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water …” [7 v.17] and God's word, for those who diligently read it, provides that living water. The time is to come when “there would be no more delay, but in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets” [10 v.6,7] An example of this is our current reading in Zechariah. Today's ch. 10 forecasts Israel's return to their own land, “I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God”[v.6] and “I will make them strong in the LORD and they shall walk in his name” [v.12]  Back in Revelation in today's chapter 11, we read, “the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever … The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged and for rewarding your servants … those who fear your name both small and great …” [v.15, 18]   No matter how small we feel in the affairs of the world, if we fear, that is, are in awe of all that God and His Son must be, let us redouble our efforts to serve them – not knowing how soon it will be before God says, there will “be no more delay”

In this episode Rick reveals the works-based approach the Four Spiritual Laws advocate in their approach to the gospel. In all the accounts in the New Testament Jesus never requires someone to confess or repent as a condition for salvation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realtimewithrickfry/support

The Great Myth of the Sun GodsBy Alvin Boyd KhunIt may be that many of you have come to this lecture with the expectation of hearing about the superstitious beliefs of some ancient fire-worshippers or sun-worshippers. You may wonder why we should presume to waste an evening dilating upon the childish fancies of early peoples who could conceive of no more exalted form of deity in the universe than the physical body of our sun. Can there possibly be anything important in the study of such forms of crude fetishism?Let me disabuse your minds of any such prepossession at once. We have not invited you to hear of infantile nonsense of early child-humanity. On the contrary, it is our opinion that there is not a theme within the entire range of religious interest of such sublimity and authentic grandeur as this subject of the Sun-gods. We have come to the persuasion that this is the most important lecture that we have given or shall ever give. In it there is to be found the central thesis of all religion. We have asked you to hear an exposition of the cardinal principle of all true religion. Instead of dealing with an erratic notion of primitive barbarism, we have to present to you this evening the long-lost supreme datum of all high religion. And it is our design to show that religion in the world has drifted so far away from its original base that it no longer recognizes the very first and fundamental conception about which it was in the beginning constructed. The myth of the Sun-gods is the very heart's core of religion at its best.It is commonly supposed that religious honors were paid to the sun as a deity by a few isolated peoples or sects, such as the Parsees and the ancient Ghebers of Persia, and some African tribes. In correction of this view we are prepared to support the declaration that the worship of the Sun-god was quite universal in the ancient world. It ranged from China and India to Yucatan and Peru. The Emperor and the Mikado, as well as the Incas, and the Pharaohs were Sun-god figures. And is the belief only an empty myth? So far from being such, it is at once the highest embodiment of religious conception in the spiritual history of the race.Since the word "myth" occurs in the title, it is necessary to define it so that we may the better glimpse the nature of the subject. To the modern mind the word carries with it a derogatory implication. To reduce any construction to the status of a myth is to put it out of court and render it valueless. We regard a myth as a fiction and a falsity. To show that a theory or a belief is only a myth, is to relegate it to the world of non-reality, and dismiss it from further consideration as a thing of value.Not so with the ancients. With them (the ancients) a myth was a valuable instrumentality of knowledge. It was an intellectual, even a spiritual, tool, by the aid of which truth and wisdom could at one and the same time both be concealed from the unworthy and expressed for the worthy. The ancients rightly regarded spiritual truth and experience as being incapable of expression or impartation by means of words simply. A myth or an allegory could be made the better means of conveying subtly and with a certain added force, the truth veiled under a set form of dramatic presentation. The myth would enhance spiritual truth as a drama reinforces moral situations. It was all the more powerful in its message precisely because it was known not to be outwardly a true story. No one was caught by the literal falsity of the construction. Attention could therefore be given wholly to the hidden import, which was not obscured by the outward occurrence. The myth was known to be a fiction; therefore it deceived nobody--until the third century. But at the same time it was most ingeniously designed to instruct in the deepest of spiritual truths. It was a literary device to embalm lofty wisdom in the amber of a tradition that could be easily remembered, in the guise of a human story. It was truth incarnated in a dramatic occurrence, which was known to be untrue. Outwardly fictitious, but inwardly the substance of a mighty truth, was the myth. And as such it was the universal dress in which ancient knowledge was clothed.To indicate the universality of the Sun-god myth it is only necessary to enumerate some thirty of the chief figures known as Sun-gods amongst the nations about the Eastern Mediterranean, before the advent of Jesus. There were in Egypt, Osiris, Horus, Serapis, Hermes or Taht (Thoth), Khunsu, Atum (Aten, Adon, the Adonis or Phrygia), Iusa, Iu-sa, Iu-em-hetep; in Syria, Atis, Sabazius, Zagreus, Kybele (femine); in Assyria Tammuz; in Babylonia, Marduk and Sargon; in Persia, Mithra, Ahura-Mazda and the Zoroasters; in Greece, Orpheus, Bacchus (Dionysus), Achilles, Hercules, Theseus, Perseus, Jason, Prometheus; in India, Vyasa, Krishna, Buddha; in Tibet the Boddhisattvas; besides many others elsewhere.Likewise in the ancient Mystery dramas the central character was ever the Sun-god the role being enacted by the candidate for initiation in person. He went through the several initiations as himself the type and representative of the solar divinity in the field of human experience.Moreover, the Patriarchs, Prophets, Priests and Kings of Biblical lore are no less Sun-god figures. For in their several characteristics they are seen to be typical of the Christos.From the study of a mass of the ancient material the sincere and disingenuous student becomes ere long convinced of the fact that the Jesus figure of the Gospels, whether he lived historically or not (and there is much question of it even among theologians), is just another in the long list of the solar gods. They were figured by ancient poetic genius as embodiments of divine solar glory living among men, if they were not purely the mythical constructions of the allegorists.These Sun-god characters, of none of whom can it be said positively that they were living personages, were, it must be clearly noted, purely typical figures in the national epics of the several nations. They were symbols, one might say. But of what were they symbolical? That is the point of central importance. They were representative characters, summing and epitomizing in themselves the spiritual history of the human individual in his march across the field of evolving life on earth. They were the types and models of the divine potentiality pictured as coming to realization in their careers. They were the mirror held up to men, in which could be seen the possibilities locked up in man's own nature. They were type-figures, delineating the divine life that was an ever-possible realization for any devoted man. They were the symbols of an ever-coming deity, a deity that came not once historically in Judea, but that came to ever-fuller expression and liberation in the inner heart of every son of man. The solar deities were the gods that ever came, that were described as coming not once upon a time, but continuously and regularly. Their radiant divinity might be consummated by any earnest person at any time or achieved piecemeal.They were typed as ever-coming or coming regularly because they were symboled by the sun in its annual course around the zodiac of twelve signs, and the regular periodicity of this natural symbol typified the ever-continuing character of their spiritual sunlight. The ancients, in a way and to a degree almost incomprehensible to the unstudied modern, had made of the sun's annual course round the heavens a faithful reproduction of the spiritual history of the divine spirit in man. The god in us was emblemed by the sun in its course, and the sun's varied experiences, as fabulously construed, were a reflection of our own incarnational history. The sun in its movements through the signs was made the mirror of our life in spirit. To follow the yearly round of the zodiac was to epitomize graphically the whole history of human experience. Thus the inner meaning of our mortal life was endlessly repeated in the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly cycle of the sun's passage, the seven or twelve divisions of which marked the seven- or twelvefold segmentation of our spiritual history or our initiations. (They were figured at first as seven, later as twelve, when the solar gods came upon the cosmic scene.)The careers of these solar gods, then, were a type of what is occurring to every man who is dowered with the spark of divine soul within his breast. Each one of us has had or will have his festival of conception in June, his birth into the world of fleshly life in the autumn, his spiritual awakening at Christmas, and his glorious resurrection from the dead body of this life at Easter.The Christians say the Christos came once in a single character in history, Jesus of Judea, saying nothing about his coming to Everyman at all times. They present to the world the Only-Begotten Son of the Father, confusing in one historical figure two distinct characters of ancient philosophy, the Logos and the Christos, and making both historical in a human being born of woman. Suffice it to say that neither character was historical in the ancient systems. The Logos and the Christos were cosmic forces, and the erring Christians confounded these "personages" of ancient philosophy with the mundane career of the man Jesus, who was not other than one of the mythical Sun-god heroes, or national type-figures. What a travesty of truth the Christian representation has become! What a caricature the Gospels have made of the divine spiritual principle in man's life!The ancients had no "only-begotten" son because the term used in their systems, miserably mistranslated "only-begotten," was something with quite a different connotation. It was in Greek "monogenes," and in Latin "unigenitus," and was far from meaning "only-begotten." It meant that which was begotten of one parent, the father, alone, not the offspring of the union of father and mother. By the term the ancients meant to designate him who was the projection into matter of the spirit forces of life, not the final product of the union of spirit and matter, or the male and female elements. Had the early Christian Fathers known of the inner meaning of the symbolism of the Egyptian Ptah, as Khepr-Ra, who was typed by the male beetle that incubated in the ground and without union with the female transformed and regenerated himself after twenty-eight days (exactly a moon cycle) in the form of the young scarab, symbol of the new-born sun in the moon, they would have been intelligent enough to have avoided the great schisms that divided the Church into Roman and Greek Catholic bodies over the abstrusities of this very origin of the persons of the Trinity. But Egypt was farther away from Rome of the third century than it is from us, who can now read the inscriptions that were sealed from them.All this ancient scriptural data accentuates the fact that not the historical Jesus, but the spiritual Christ, or the god within the individual heart (as expounded in the lecture on Platonic Philosophy in the Bible) is the subject of the sacred writings of old, and the kernel of the whole religious ideology. Angelus Silesius has expressed this in a stanza which should be a perpetual reminder of the futility of clinging to the historical interpretation of Gospel literature.Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, But not within thyself, thy soul will be forlorn; The cross on Golgotha thou lookest to in vain, Unless within thyself it be set up again. And the Christian hymn, "O Jesus, thou art standing, outside the fast-closed door," gives expression to the kindred idea that while we look across the map to localize the Christos in Judea, we keep the spiritual mentor of our own lives standing without, seeking an entrance into our lives in vain.By the aid of archaic sacred books we have been enabled to trace authentically the origin of the name Jesus. And it is of great importance to present this material, because it throws a flood of clear light upon the ancient conceptions of the Messiah and the coming Son, or Sun-god. In this light the name will be seen to be a type-designation and not the personal name of an historical being.It is derived from the two letters (or numbers) which in the beginning of typology symbolized the two first elements, spirit and matter, into which the primal One Life bifurcated. They are the I (or 1) symboling the male or spirit, and the O (letter) or 0 (cipher) symboling the female or material universe. Together they represented the biune male-female deity. We have, then, the letters IO, or the number 10. As the vowels were freely interchanged, in ancient languages, the name was written either IO, IA, IE , or IU, and all these forms are found. Next the I transformed into consonantal value and became a J (as it is yet in Latin), so that we find the names JO, JA, JE and JU, from each of which many names have arisen. When the creation had combined the male and female and the two had given birth to the Son, or Logoic universe, the name was given the form of three letters, and we then find such forms as IAO, JAH, IEO, JEU, ZUE. When the universe became founded on the four cardinal points or the square of four dimensions, the name was spelled variously as IEOU, JOVE, ZEUS, JEVE, DIOS, T/HEOS, HUHI, IHUH and others. In its character as a sevenfold or seven-lettered name, it took the form of JEHOVAH, SABAOTH, DEBORAH, DELILAH, SEP/HIROT/H, MICHAEL, SOLOMON, and others of seven letters. The I permuted with l (el) or 1 (one), so that IE became LE or, inverted EL, the great Hebrew character of deity. The EL and the IAH (JAH), became the most frequent determinatives of divinity, as a host of names will testify. There are Bethel, Emanuel, Michael, Israel, Gabriel, Samuel, Abdiel, Uriel, Muriel Azazel, and many others, in which the EL is prefixed. The JAH is seen in such names as EliJAH, AbiJAH, while the IAH comes in a host of such names as Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Obediah, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Messiah, Alleluiah and more.But whence comes the "s" in Jesus's name? This is of great importance. It is derived from an Egyptian suffix written either SA, SE, SI, SU, or SAF, SEF, SIF or SUF (SAPH, SEPH, SIPH or SUPH) and meaning "the son," "heir," "prince" or successor to the father. (The F is an Egyptian ending for the masculine singular.) When the original symbol of divinity, IO or IE, JO or JE, was combined with the Egyptian suffix for the succeeding heir, SU or SA, the resultant was the name IUSA, IUSE, IUSU, or IOSE; or IESU, JESU, IUSEF, IOSEF, JOSEF. One of the many forms was JESU and another was JOSEF. The final F became sibilant at times and gave us the eventual form of JESUS. The name then meant the "divine son," and combined in the Egyptian IU the idea of the coming one. Hence JESUS was the Messiah, the coming son of the divine life. There was in Egypt for ten thousand years B.C. the character of this functionary under the name of IUSA. Later he was the Iu-em-hetep, which means "the divine son who comes with peace (hetep). But most interestingly, this last word also means seven. Hence Jesus is he who comes as the seventh principle to complete the six elementary powers of natural evolution with the gift of divine intelligence, which supplants the elementary chaos with the rulership of love and intelligence and thus brings peace into a warring situation. Hence finally, Jesus is the seventh cosmic principle, announced in all religious lore as he who comes to bring peace and good will to men. And as such he was announced in the Christian Gospels. But there was more than one Jesus or IUSA or IU before the coming of the alleged historical Jesus.Startling as are the implications of this bit of etymology, a far more amazing denouement of Bible study is the revelation that not only were there over thirty Sun-god figures in the cults of the various nations of old, but there are immediately in the Bible itself, in the Old Testament, some twenty more Sun-god characters under the very name of Jesus! Are we speaking arrant nonsense or sober truth when we make a claim which seems at first sight so unsupportable? Twenty Jesus characters in the Old Testament! Let us see. We have noted the many variant forms of the Jesus name. There are still others in the Old Testament, never suspected as being related to the name of the Christian Redeemer. There are Isaac, Esau, Jesse, Jacob, Jeshu, Joachim, Joshua, Jonah and others. All these are variant forms of the one name, which has still other forms among the Hebrews in secular life, Yusuf, Yehoshua, Yeshu, etc. Joshua, Hosea and Jesse are from this name indisputably. A few might be the subject of controversy.Furthermore, beside these that bear the original divine name, there are other Sun-god figures in the Old Testament under a wide variety of names. They are Samson (whose name means "solar"), David, Solomon, Saul (equals soul, or sol, the sun--Latin.), Abraham, Moses, Gideon, Jephtha and the like. Their actions identify them as solar representatives.Now let us see what the conception of our divinity as a Sun-god in reality meant to the sages of old, and what it should mean to us. It meant that the divinity within us, our divine soul or Self, was itself the Sun-god, or solar deity. And what does this signify in concrete terms for us? Just this; that the god within us is constituted of the imperishable essence of solar light and energy! In short, we ourselves, in our higher nature, are solar gods in potentiality! Our highest nature is an incorruptible body composed of the glorious essence of the sun's energy! The gods in the Bible were always symboled by the light or fire of the sun. We are now enlightened to see it as a description of our nature as veritable truth and fact. We are Sun-gods. Our immortal spirits within us are composed of the radiant substance of solar energy.At the very time we were first assembling the material for this lecture, there came an announcement in the daily press of a discovery by a modern physicist, Dr. George W. Crile, of the Cleveland Laboratories, which practically fixed the seal of truth upon every word we have uttered or shall utter in this lecture. It was most startlingly corroborative of our exegesis. He announced that he had discovered at the heart of every living organism a tiny nucleus of energy, all aglow, with temperatures ranging from 3000 to 6000 degrees of heat, which he called "radiogens" or "hot points." These, he said, were precisely akin to the radiant energy of solar matter. He affirmed, in short, that a tiny particle of the sun's power and radiance was lodged within the heart of every organic unit! The light and energy that has life. What would be Crile's surprise, however, if he were to be shown a sentence taken from Hargrave Jennings' old book on the Rosicrucians, written over sixty years ago: "Every man has a little spark (sun) in his own bosom?" For this was one item in the teaching of the Medieval Fire-Philosophers, and the reason they were styled such. They knew what Crile has discovered, as likewise did the ancient Bible-writers. They based their Sun-god religions upon it. Our souls are composed of the imperishable essence of solar light! We are immortal because we are Sun-gods.But many will impatiently rise to expostulate with us, and ask why, if this was the universal fundamentum of the old religions, the Bible itself does not categorically carry this message and state this central fact. Wait a moment! Who that knows this primary datum has searched the Bible to see if it has nothing to say on the point? We, too, believed the Bible was remiss in expressing this conception, until we searched with a more watchful eye. And now let us hear what the Bible says as to our solar constitution, and determine for ourselves whether it is silent on the groundwork of religion or not. Let us hear first the Psalms. "Our God is a living fire," say they; and "Our God is a consuming fire." "The Lord God is a sun," avers the same book. "I am come to send fire on earth," says Jesus, meaning he came to scatter the separated sparks of solar essence amongst mankind, a spark to each soul. In Revelation the angels scatter the fire and the incense of their seven censers over the earth, among the inhabitants. Then says John the Baptist: "I indeed baptize you with water, but he that cometh after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire!" Jesus says: "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." (Satan was the descending Lucifer, or Light-bringer, before he was lifted up and divinized.) The fire that falls on Jeremiah's altar and many another in the Bible narrative types the deity coming to dwell with mortals. Says Jesus: "When I am in the world I am the light of the world." Again he said: "Ye are the light of the world," and "Let your light so shine that others may . . . glory your father which is in heaven." The Lord, say the Psalms, "made his angels messengers and his ministers a flame of fire." The New Testament Jesus, following the well-known Egyptian diagram of the Ankh, the solar disk with the spread wings, is described as "the sun of righteousness, risen with healing in his wings." John has Jesus saying that the condemnation of the world lay in that it rejected the light when it was sent into the world. Says Job: "Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle and his candle shall be put out with him." Isaiah writes: "Behold all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks; walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks that ye have kindled." We are adjured to "Rise, shine, for thy light is come." "The Lord is my light," reiterates the Psalms. And again: "In thy light shall we see light." "Light is sown for the righteous." "We wait for light," cry the souls in the darkness of incarnation, far from their original fount of light. John declares that the Christos "was the true light" which was to come Messianically for the redemption of our lower nature. And again he declares that with the Christos "light is come into the world." No cry echoes with more resounding intensity down to this age than Paul's exhortation to our souls buried in lethal darkness: "Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon thee!" And in Revelation there are those mighty pronouncements: in the spiritual resurrection "there shall be no more need of the sun to shine by day nor the moon by night, for the glory of the Lord did lighten it." And there is no more heartening assurance anywhere in the Bible than Jesus's statement: "Ye have light in yourselves."And these are only a gleaning from the great score of similar passages with which the Bible teems. And still folks will say they find no warrant for the Sun-god idea in the Bible!In Rome the sacred fire in the temple of Vesta was guarded by seven Vestal Virgins, chosen for purity and for psychic vision. If they permitted the fire to die out (symbolic of the light of deity dying out in the heart) the penalty upon them was death. If they violated their sexual purity, they were buried alive in the city. And from the great old Egyptian Book of the Dead we take just one passage among scores: "Lo, I come from the Lake of Flame, from the Lake of Fire, and from the field of flame, and I live." And again, from an old Book of Adam and Eve we quote a great passage in which the Lord says: "I made thee of the light, and I wished to bring out children of the light from thee." If only we had been taught by our religious teachers that our spiritual natures are woven and fabricated of solar light, we should have had a clearer apprehension of our potentialities for divine education.Supplementing all this material from the Bible and ancient scriptures, there is at hand for our supreme enlightenment one grand pronouncement from Greek Platonic philosophy which we conceive to be that lost ultimate link between science and religion. It is the truth before whose altar both science and religion can kneel at last and find themselves paying tribute to the same god,--the god of solar radiance. It is a sentence from the learned Proclus, last of the Great Platonists: "The light of the sun is the pure energy of intellect." Are we big enough to catch the mighty significance of that statement? Is it not the essence of what the modern physicist means when he talks of "mind-stuff?" The fiery radiance of the sun is already the motivating genius of intellect! Matter is itself intelligent and intelligence! Here is the basic link between all naturalism and all spirituality. Matter enshrouds and contains the soul of mind and spirit. The light of the sun is the deific flash of intellect! And the very core of our conscious being is a spark of that infinite indestructible energy of solar light. There is the "seminal soul of light" or the seed of fiery divinity (Prometheus's "fire" stolen from the gods) in each of us. It makes us a god.Armed with this unquenchable fire which is intellect, we are sent on earth to inhabit a body which is described as a watery and miry swamp. The body is nearly eighty per cent. water! It is the duty of the fiery spark to enlighten the whole dark realm of mortal life, to transmute by its alchemical power the baser dross of animal propensity into the finer motivation of love and brotherhood. This life is a purgation--Purgatory--because it is a process of burning and tempering crude animal elements into the pure gold of spiritual light. In Egyptian scriptures the twelve sons of Ra (the twelve sons of Jacob, and the twelve tribes of Israel) were called the "twelve saviors of the treasure of light." An Egyptian text reads: "This is the sun within us, the seminal source of light. Do not dim its luster or cause it to suffer eclipse." And another runs: "Give ye glory as to the sun; he is the chief, the only one coming from the body, the head of those who belong to the race of the sun."With this force of fire we must uplift the lower man and transmute his nature into the spiritual glow of love and intelligence. With it we must turn the water of the lower nature into the wine of spiritual force. Around it we must aggregate the refined material which we shall build into that temple of the soul, that body of the resurrection, the great garment of solar light, in which we shall rise out of the tomb of the physical corpus and ascend with the angels. This is the radiant Augoeides of the Greeks, the Sahu of the Egyptians, in which the soul wings its flight aloft like the phoenix, after rending the veil of the temple of the body. It is our garment of immortality, the seamless robe of glory, in prospect of which we groan and travail, says St. Paul, as we earnestly desire to be clothed upon with the garment of incorruption. As flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of heaven, we must fashion for our tenancy there this body of solar glory, in whose self-generated light we may live eternally, having overcome the realms of darkness, or spiritualized the body. Jesus prays the Father to grant unto him that glory that he had with him before the world was, and his prayer is fulfilled in the formation of the spirit body out of the elements of the sun.Who is this King of Glory?--says the Psalmist. And we are exhorted to lift up the aeonial gates, the age-lasting doors, to let the King of Glory enter into our realm. The King of Glory is the Sun-soul within us, raised in his final perfection in the fulness of Christly stature to the state of magnificent effulgence. The King of Glory is the immortal Sun-god, the deity in our hearts; and when at last he blazes forth in the heyday of his glory, and comes in majesty into our lives, then we behold his glory, as of the alone-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. And when he appears to those still sitting in the shadow of darkness, they report that "they have seen a great light, and to those that sat in the valley of darkness did the light shine." And this light, seen ever and anon by some illuminated son of man, as he gropes in the murks of incarnation, is truly "that light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world."And when that light shineth clearer and brighter unto the perfect day, then, indeed, we know of a surety that we ourselves are nucleated of that same glorious essence of combined intellect and spirit. Then we know that we ourselves are the Sun-gods, and that the ancient allegory is not a "myth," but the very essence of our own Selfhood.The Great Myth of the Sun GodsBy Alvin Boyd Khunhttp://mountainman.com.au/ab_kuhn.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dwtruthwarrior.substack.com/subscribe

SHOW NOTES:Hebrews 10:11-14, 18The Passover:Slaughter the sacrificial lamb (Ex 12:3-6)Spread the blood of the lamb on doorpost (Ex: 12:7)The First Cup: "I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians."Hors d'oevres while lamb is being preparedYoungest inquires: "What does this mean?" (Ex 12:26)Oldest explains the Passover meal The Second Cup: "I will deliver you from their bondage."The Passover meal is eatenThe Third Cup: "I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments."The Great Hallel is sung (Ps 113-118)The Fourth Cup: "I will take you for my people, and I will be you God."The New Passover (The Last Supper):John (youngest Apostle) is seated at the place of honor next to Jesus“after they had eaten..." (Lk 22:20)“He took a cup, gave thanks, and said, Take this and share it..." (Lk 22:17)“This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant." (Lk 22:20)“I shall never again drink of the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom." (Mk 14:25)Sing hymns (Mk 14:26, Mt 26:30)Jesus drinks wine (4th cup) on the cross (Mt 27:48) "it is finished" (Jn 19:30)The veil in the temple is torn (Mt 27:51), the new temple is the ChurchOld Testament: On the 10th day of Nisan (Ex 12:3)New Testament: Jesus plotted against on Nisan 10 (Mt 21:46)Old Testament: Male lamb (Ex 12:5) without blemish (Ex 12:5)New Testament: Lamb of God (Jn 1:29) without sin (2 Cor 5:21) Old Testament: Keep until 14th day of Nisan (Ex 12:6)New Testament: Good Friday (Mt 27:15, Jn 18:28) Old Testament: Killed in front of all the people (Ex 12:6)New Testament: Killed in front of all the people (Mt 27:27-44)Old Testament: In the evening twilight (Ex 12:6)New Testament: Sudden darkness at death (Mt 27:45)Old Testament: No bone shall be broken (Ex 12:46)New Testament: Jesus' legs are not broken (Jn 19:36)Old Testament: Spread blood on doorposts (Ex 12:7)New Testament: Jesus' blood spread on the cross (Col 1:20)Old Testament: With hyssop (Ex 12:22)New Testament: Jesus' drank wine with hyssop (Jn 19:29)Old Testament: Eat with unleavened bread (Ex 12:8)New Testament: His Body in unleavened bread (Mt 26:26)Old Testament: Eat as in flight (Ex 12:11)New Testament: Eat to be sent out (Acts 2:42-43)Old Testament: Save you from death (Ex 12:13)New Testament: Save you from sin and death (Jn 3:16-17)Old Testament: 1st day is one of remembrance (Ex 12:14)New Testament: Sabbath on 1st day of the week (Mt 28:1)Old Testament: Gather in sacred assembly (Ex 12:16)New Testament: Gather in the holy Mass (Acts 2:42)

 Please note that the 1st part is in English, and the 2nd part is in Malayalam starting at 14:41 mark. Isaiah 43:4 – “Since you are precious in my sight, since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.”This verse shows the loving care of God for those whom God loves.  This is particularly said about Jacob and his descendants, that is the Israelites. God promised them His love and care.  God has protected the Israelites in many ways except when they worshipped idols and sinned.  This promise of God applies to all His loved ones, irrespective of religion and race.  Ten incidents from the Bible in terms of God's protection are included. God will protect those who love Him and follow his commands. Using His angels, God offers His pure selfless love to those who are on the path of salvation by accepting Jesus as the savior. Sometimes God allows trials in our life to purify us, to test our faith and to strengthen us in our faith.  In the New Testament Jesus has promised more spiritual protection against the enemies of our soul than physical protection.  This spiritual protection is based on the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in us.  If the Holy Spirit dwells in us, we are spiritually safe.  We just have to draw near to God and trust in His protection.  Even if we are physically hurt, we will be spiritually protected.  As long as we reach our heavenly home, we can put away other worries.     My name... Cicily at cicilysunny@gmail.com

In the Old Testament God assured us there's only One and no other compares. In the New Testament Jesus reminds us the path to salvation is not crowded nor is it easy. PASSAGE OF THE DAY 56 "Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. " Mark 11: 24

Do you know the most important aspect of leadership? To reveal the importance of the leader's life, let me quote from two of the most important leaders in the New Testament… Jesus and Paul. Jesus said, “Follow me!”  The Bible says, Jesus “left us an example that we should walk in his footsteps.”   Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “Be imitators of me!” Paul wrote to the Philippians, “Follow my example.”  The most important aspect of leadership is the leader's life. A godly leader not only talks the talk, he also walks the walk... and his walk gives weight to his words. Join me as we discover ten traits of a godly leader in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12.

Traditional Worship | Rev. Mark Sorensen |Throughout the Bible, a storm is symbolic of any hardship, trial or difficulty that may prove to be stronger than we can withstand on our own. In the Old Testament the early prophets gave notice to God's people of upcoming tribulations and ordeals, and in the New Testament Jesus speaks of an array of storms that will test our faith. This sermon series is a wake-up call for us to pay attention to the swirling winds of fear, doubt, temptation, evil and other forces that would harm us. It is a reminder that God's salvation and love for us can be found in Jesus Christ, and in Him we will find shelter, strength and abundance in His Word.

Traditional Worship | Bishop Bob Hayes |Throughout the Bible, a storm is symbolic of any hardship, trial or difficulty that may prove to be stronger than we can withstand on our own. In the Old Testament the early prophets gave notice to God's people of upcoming tribulations and ordeals, and in the New Testament Jesus speaks of an array of storms that will test our faith. This sermon series is a wake-up call for us to pay attention to the swirling winds of fear, doubt, temptation, evil and other forces that would harm us. It is a reminder that God's salvation and love for us can be found in Jesus Christ, and in Him we will find shelter, strength and abundance in His Word.

Is Jonah a -type- of Christ-- What is the proper way to interpret Old Testament narratives like Jonah in light of the New Testament-- Jesus makes a famous reference to Jonah in Matt. 12-38-41, opening up a lot of debate as to how the narrative of Jonah is to be interpreted in light of Christ. In this sermon, Pastor Jesse walks us through Christ's reference to Jonah, showing us the context in which the reference was made, and explaining basic principles of Bible interpretation. Discover how interpreting the Bible consistently is so important to properly understanding it, and how not interpreting consistently can lead to confusion and error.

Traditional Worship | Bishop Bob Hayes |Throughout the Bible, a storm is symbolic of any hardship, trial or difficulty that may prove to be stronger than we can withstand on our own. In the Old Testament the early prophets gave notice to God's people of upcoming tribulations and ordeals, and in the New Testament Jesus speaks of an array of storms that will test our faith. This sermon series is a wake-up call for us to pay attention to the swirling winds of fear, doubt, temptation, evil and other forces that would harm us. It is a reminder that God's salvation and love for us can be found in Jesus Christ, and in Him we will find shelter, strength and abundance in His Word.

Traditional Worship | Bishop Bob Hayes | Throughout the Bible, a storm is symbolic of any hardship, trial or difficulty that may prove to be stronger than we can withstand on our own. In the Old Testament the early prophets gave notice to God's people of upcoming tribulations and ordeals, and in the New Testament Jesus speaks of an array of storms that will test our faith. This sermon series is a wake-up call for us to pay attention to the swirling winds of fear, doubt, temptation, evil and other forces that would harm us. It is a reminder that God's salvation and love for us can be found in Jesus Christ, and in Him we will find shelter, strength and abundance in His Word.

Traditional Worship | Dr. Edmund W. Robb III | Throughout the Bible, a storm is symbolic of any hardship, trial or difficulty that may prove to be stronger than we can withstand on our own. In the Old Testament the early prophets gave notice to God's people of upcoming tribulations and ordeals, and in the New Testament Jesus speaks of an array of storms that will test our faith. This sermon series is a wake-up call for us to pay attention to the swirling winds of fear, doubt, temptation, evil and other forces that would harm us. It is a reminder that God's salvation and love for us can be found in Jesus Christ, and in Him we will find shelter, strength and abundance in His Word.

Today, we are completing our series, Thy Kingdom Come, where we will see Jesus' reign over disease and death. Many times, in the New Testament Jesus is seen healing someone. We see His power and authority displayed through His acts of healing. That same power is alive and active, today. His healing touch restores dignity, resurrects life, and amazes the world. Join us in the last sermon of this series, Healing for the Hurting, and let Christ's overwhelming love heal your heart. 

Is the New Testament Jesus "divine," and is he supposed to have two natures?

In the New Testament Jesus tells us to remain in Him. What we often miss is that the choice to remain with God runs all the way back to the Garden of Eden. Our entire lives are revolving around this one question: will we reject or remain with God? This week Pastor Taylor Gabbert talks about Abram and Lot's decisions to remain or go forth from the land in Genesis chapter 13. Get Connected! https://linktr.ee/reachtulsa

What is the difference between loving your neighbor as yourself and loving one another? Listen to this lesson to learn that in the Mosaic Law people were commanded to love their neighbor as themselves, but in the New Testament Jesus gave a new commandment for believers to love one another as He loved us. Hear a definition of love that emphasizes that it is a mental attitude and not an emotion. Hear six principles that will help you understand and apply Christian love for one another.

What is the difference between loving your neighbor as yourself and loving one another? Listen to this lesson to learn that in the Mosaic Law people were commanded to love their neighbor as themselves, but in the New Testament Jesus gave a new commandment for believers to love one another as He loved us. Hear a definition of love that emphasizes that it is a mental attitude and not an emotion. Hear six principles that will help you understand and apply Christian love for one another.

What is the difference between loving your neighbor as yourself and loving one another? Listen to this lesson to learn that in the Mosaic Law people were commanded to love their neighbor as themselves, but in the New Testament Jesus gave a new commandment for believers to love one another as He loved us. Hear a definition of love that emphasizes that it is a mental attitude and not an emotion. Hear six principles that will help you understand and apply Christian love for one another.

It is human nature to create a narrative or rationale to get what you want or live the way you want. My kids were legend at creating narratives, invoking the quetionable, and using like words like "everybody" or "all" to convince themselves and me that they needed the latest and greatest thing to fulfill their purpose for living. They took liberties with the truth because their desire trumped the truth. And like most dads would, I saw through it. In fact, when people use words to create energy or panic in you to do something or act a certain way watch out! The ends do not justify the means and selling the truth out is never good for anybody. In the New Testament Jesus told his men that others would do this very thing to dilute his influence and their commitment to him. How specifically? By speaking lies about them or lies to them to ignite fear in them that would take over control of their choices in the moment. But the Son of God fortified his men with some powerful words of his own which would cause them to not panic, not be disloyal, and advance God's will under pressure. In the end, Jesus said, the truth will prevail and they would be victorious.

151. Why Does Jesus Call Himself 'Light'. In the New Testament Jesus calls himself and is called by others the Light of the World. But why is this? In this episode we will explore this metaphor.   Support the podcast with a coffee.... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crisrogers     To get a copy of The Bible Book By Book head here... https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/bible-study/bible-study-reference-books/bible-background/the-bible-book-by-book/     To get a copy of What If We Knew What God Knows About Us head here... https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/personal-life/christian-life/what-if-we-knew-what-god-knows-about-us/     The Big Church Read... https://thebigchurchread.co.uk/restore-renew-rebuild/     To get a copy of Apprentice to Jesus head here... https://www.eden.co.uk/devotional/apprentice-to-jesus-cris-rogers
 
     Rev Cris Rogers is a church leader at allhallowsbow.org.uk and Director of Making Disciples. Chair of the Spring Harvest Planning Group. For more information check out wearemakingdisciples.com  

Throughout the New Testament Jesus and the Apostles unashamedly and boldly proclaimed the Gospel. They often cut right to the chase and shared a Gospel of repentance and forgiveness. In today's modern church this has been swapped out in favor of a relational evangelism approach that teaches, rather than imitating Christ, we should try to build relationships with unbelievers and try to soften the blow of the bad news as much as possible. Today's episode will explain why it is better to share the Gospel quickly in evangelism as opposed to spending months getting to know someone just to never share the good news. Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMxYyDEvMCq5MzDN36shY3g Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BibleBashed Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BibleBashed Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleBashed --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biblebashed/support

Pastor Colt shared with us the importance of understanding the beauty of the Trinity and the deeper love story we're a part of.  He showed us in the scriptures how the Old Testament how God the Father is constantly pointing to Jesus the Son, and in the New Testament Jesus pointing to the Holy Spirit. How our God is truly three in 1.  Colt also reminded us of the joy of our salvation and comfort we have as believers that we know where we're going when this life is over, to our Father's house.  Get caught up in God's narrative and love for you, listen in now!

Astoundingly, in the New Testament Jesus says that He did not come to abolish the Old Testament Law. Instead, He came to fulfill its purpose. Pastor Cody reminds us today that the Law was always a good thing. If we think that Jesus came because the Law was bad, we are mistaken. And yet, by fulfilling the Law, Jesus has given us something better. Pastor Cody explains that the Law was limited in that it could reveal sin, but could not solve sin. But Jesus' sacrifice has the power to save us from our sins.

Have you ever felt like the Old Testament God seems to completely contradict the New Testament Jesus? In the Old Testament God seems to commit genocide and “zap” people when they misbehave, whereas Jesus seems patient and forgiving. Darius Ziegler from the YouTube channel School of Prophets would like to challenge your thinking, and will try to show you from Scripture that God is the same throughout the Bible. He is a God of love.

Vickie Conrad - Joshua 4:4-9; 1 Peter 2:1-5. Throughout the Bible there are intentional acts of legacy building by God's people (Jacob, Moses, Samuel, Joshua). God commands us to remember our experiences with Him and pass them on to the next generation. In the New Testament Jesus sought to establish a way for His disciples to remember His sacrifice. “And He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this is remembrance of me.'” In this sermon we will look at the literal stones as signs for us to remember God's acts of the past. What literal things can we leave around that will cause our children to ask what does this mean? How can we become living stones, living proof of God's power in our lives? How will we as families leave lasting stones for the next generation. In closing we will encourage families to set traditions with their families to remember God's goodness, power and deliverance. Legacy is not just about what we leave our children monetarily or even passing along a good family name. God is concerned about leaving a legacy of standing stones placed throughout our lives as we pass on biblical values, faith-lessons, and heavenly treasures to the next generation.

What we know about hell primarily comes from the lips of Jesus Himself. Matthew 5:22, “But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.” Jesus began His preaching ministry with the Sermon on the Mount making reference to hell. Jesus spoke on hell more than anyone else. Jesus taught more on hell than He did about heaven. The term “hell” needs some clarification. Twelve times in the New Testament Jesus uses the word “Gehenna” translated “hell.” Gehenna comes from the Valley of Hinnom which was a deep ravine south of Jerusalem where Israelites would sacrifice children. It became a garbage dump that burned continually. Jesus used it as illustration of the real hell. Jesus also used the term “Hades..” Matthew 16:18, “...I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”

The Tabernacle had one entrance, through the gate. In the New Testament Jesus is called the door and the only entrance into the Father.

06.19 [Sermon] The Things That Shape Us: Part One - Communion - I don't know if you've ever noticed, but as you read through the New Testament Jesus is always eating. Every time you turn the page he's eating. He eats with the Pharisees, he eats with tax collectors, he eats with prostitutes and sinners. He eats with his disciples. He feeds the five thousand with the loaves and fish. He's always eating. And if he's not eating he's talking about eating. When Jesus wants to picture the future kingdom he talks about a great wedding feast, a great banquet where the reconciled are invited. And, it's in this light that we view the fundamental practice of communion and begin to understand how we might begin to reflect the full resolution of Christ and find ourselves shaped by His commitment to the reconciliation of all people and all things.

The Gospel of John, Chapter 6, verses 1-15We move three chapters later in John's Gospel, and experience one of the great signs in all of the New Testament - Jesus feeds the 5,000. We begin a pattern that, I'm sure, will be with us all next week: John's great Eucharistic theology. It begins today with some obvious ties to the Last Supper. It also includes both reassurance and mission for you and I. St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!Original Score written and performed by Bridget Zenk

The evidence starts with the first Hebrew letter of the old testament & the last letter of the new testament Looking further, the old testament is overflowing with an abundance of evidence…..clearly pointing that Jesus is the Christ; The startling displays are even reflected in every detail of the crucifixion The tree upon which they hung him, the spear thrust into his side, the hands that were nailed to the cross and even the crown of thorns upon His head all had very specific meanings that can be directly tied to Moses writing in the Torah Join us now for this exciting deep dive of Connecting the Dots…. New Testament Jesus is Everywhere in the Old Testament Messiah

As we continue our discussion on the topic of deconstruction, we continue to answer more of your questions on topics used against our faith for the purpose of creating doubt. We are here to help!   Today, we talk about the issue many raise in pitting God against Jesus and Jesus against Paul. Is the God of the Old Testament a moral monster, and the New Testament Jesus a plushy pacifist?

Let Me Say This Again!Reader: Sue SimisonDate: 12th March 2022Passage: Leviticus 19:3-4-------------------How do you emphasise what you want somebody to hear or take careful notice of? You can raise your voice if you are speaking to someone or you could underline or print in large letter if you are writing? Preachers love to repeat things once or twice to get an important point across! The Book of Psalms has lots of examples of repeating a word to two so people will see how important their message is. For example, Psalm 84:8 says "Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob."God also has his way of emphasising his teaching and we see lots of examples of this in both the Old and New Testaments. One great example of this is in the book of Leviticus. (God thought it especially important for his people at that time). Forty-nine times God repeated the words "I am the Lord" or "I am the Lord your God". In the New Testament Jesus often would say "Truly, truly I say to you". You have to sit up and take notice when you come upon emphases like that. In Leviticus God was emphasising that he is the only living and true God, that he has all authority and that he loved his people. The same message comes to us from the Lord Jesus. All authority belongs to him, salvation comes to us through him and it is in him that we find the great example of how we should live. God is saying "Let me say that again!". Listen to Him. PrayerO Lord, help me to heed what you say to me in the Bible — even if you have to repeat it many times. Thank you.

In the New Testament Jesus talks about the responsibility for the flock of sheep. In this episode, Scott contrasts a few famous passages against the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by asking a series of questions to get at the heart of the problem. Would the church hypothetically look any […] The post Rameumptom Ruminations: 041: The Ninety and Nine appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

In the New Testament Jesus talks about the responsibility for the flock of sheep. In this episode, Scott contrasts a few famous passages against the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by asking a series of questions to get at the heart of the problem. Would the church hypothetically look any […]

I once heard it said that the Passover instructions found in Exodus 12 are like planning a family reunion as your house burns down. Imagine the oddity—the absolute insanity!—of setting your children down at the kitchen table as flames engulf your house and telling them, “Get out your notebooks. I have a few things to say. At this time next year, we are going to gather our family to remember this event. We are going to eat a meal together that symbolizes this special occasion. And here are all the things you will need . . .” Pretty strange stuff. But in the book of Exodus, this is exactly what you find. As the God of Israel prepares to deliver his people out of Egypt, and as the impending death of every firstborn son is bearing down on every family in the land, God not only gives Moses instructions for saving his people from death, but he also institutes a meal for families to remember this pivotal moment of God's saving power. Such are the ways of God. In Exodus 12, God not only saves his people, but he calls them to remember how they are saved. And this fall, we are looking intently at the cross of Christ for this very reason. God wants us to remember his great works. As Psalm 111:2 says, “Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.” Truly, in the Old Testament, there is no greater work than the Exodus. There is no greater display of God's mercy and judgment than the Passover. Thus, it is worth our time to study it. And we study it, not simply to see how God worked in history, but to see how this Passover foretold the greater Passover of Jesus Christ. Indeed, 1 Corinthians 5:7 calls Jesus the Passover Lamb and throughout the New Testament Jesus is portrayed as God's God-given sacrifice (see John 1:29 and Revelation 5:6, 8, 12, 13). Thus, we return to Exodus 12 this week to better understand how the Lamb of God died as a substitute to secure our salvation. As you have time, read Exodus 12 in preparation. You might want to read John 19 again, too. Together these two chapters, plus a host of others, show us how this climactic moment in Israel's history lead us to see Christ and his greater sacrifice. I look forward to worshiping Christ with you this Sunday and pondering again the finished work of our glorious Lord. May God open our eyes to see the wisdom of the cross and the way it unites all of Scripture. For His Glory and your joy, Pastor David ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discussion & Response Questions for Exodus 12 1. What are the three sections of Exodus? How does knowing the outline of Exodus inform our salvation? 2. More specifically, what are some of types and shadows, patterns and promises found in Exodus that point us to Christ? 3. With respect to the Passover itself, what do we learn about God? Salvation? Christ? God's people? 4. Why is “remembering” so important for God's people? How does the Passover teach us about the importance of remembering? 5. Where does the New Testament teach us to remember? And how does Jesus connect the Passover feast to Christians remembering his cross? 6. In what ways do we find confirmation in the New Testament that Jesus is the Passover Lamb? 7. Why does it matter that we understand Christ's death in terms of Old Testament promise? (Hint: The gospel is based upon fulfilled promises. See Acts 10:32–33; Romans 1:1–7; 1 Corinthians 15:1–8) 8. How does the focus on sacrifice and substitution strike you? Is this how you have understood Christ's cross and your salvation? 9. How does rightly understanding the work of Christ on the cross purify and strengthen your faith? How does it impact your daily living and ethical choices? (Hint: 1 Corinthians 5:7 is set in the context of ethics). 10. What else did you learn about Christ and God's gospel from studying Exodus 12?

This week Pastor Les responded to your questions about the Bible and Spirituality. Each service had completely different questions so make sure to check out all 3 from this week!Questions Covered in Part 3:Pastor Les, what's your favorite part of being a pastor at Lifegate?Why does it seem like we interpret some things figuratively in the Bible and then take other things literally?Are there any writings from Jesus' time that are not in the New Testament but are still relevant for Christians to study?Does your exegesis change to suit the masses as the worlds' culture(s) and opinion change?How do you reconcile apparent contradictions in the Bible? For example, there is a command to not kill, but then you have commands in the Old Testament to destroy cities and kill enemies.Can marijuana open the mind to the spiritual realm?When in conversation with someone who is openly agnostic or atheist about spiritual matters, what should our approach be?God sent Jesus to absorb our sin. Why did he have to go so through such a gruesome death for that to occur, when he has full control of that? Why couldn't he just snap his fingers and forgive us?How come in the New Testament Jesus never refused healing, yet it feels like now healing can seem hit or miss?How, as Christians, do we not conform to this world when we are in a culture that is twisting the word of God to live lifestyles that are contradictory to Gods Word and will?